Super Bowl Live Post-Game Updates
Super Bowl live post game coverage. The Green Bay Packers have defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 to 25 in a very tight game that came down to the last minute, marked by a comeback that came up short by the Steelers. Times in EST.
11:29 p.m. - That's all for our live post game coverage. Thank you.
11:23 p.m. - Green Bay's Greg Jennings - It feels awesome. To God be the glory. We had to pull together.
11:22 p.m. - Aaron Rodgers - On Green Bay: It's a special place to play.
11:17 p.m. - Green Bay victory parade scheduled for Tuesday.
11:12 p.m. - Green Bay's Charles Woodson - When he went down with a broken collar bone, I broke down ... cried. I can't tell you how many guys told me they wanted to get the trophy for me.
11:09 p.m. - Earlier in the evening, when Rodgers was on the stage on the field just after the Super Bowl, he was lifting the Lombardi trophy with one arm and was given a championship belt that was placed on the other arm's shoulder. In various previous games, Rodgers pretended to tie on a championship belt after his team scored.
11:07 p.m. - We're road warriors [in the playoffs.]
11:06 p.m. - Rodgers - What a great run for us and way to finish it off. Asked to look ahead, Rodgers says: We can win with the guys in the locker room. We've got special talent in that locker room.
11:04 p.m. - Rodgers - I haven't had a time to reflect. What a journey.
11:03 p.m. - What a feeling. Incredible. What a year. A great group of men. Lot of hard work. Lot of dreams coming true for a lot of guys tonight. I never felt like there was a monkey on my back. The team and teammates were behind me.
11:02 p.m. - Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers - To have a coach who has confidence to put the ball in your hands .... it was an incredible feeling.
10:58 p.m. - Roethlisberger - They're a great defense. They did a great job of taking away the deep things.
10:53 p.m. - Roethlisberger - It's not fun. I hate to lose. We've got guys who are not going to quit. I'm so proud of these guys.
10:52 p.m. - Roethlisberger - We turned over the ball a lot. It's my fault. I don't make excuses. You always have hope and belief in each other that you can get it done. I fee like we did a good job of moving the ball. We just didn't score enough points.
10:50 p.m. - Pittsburgh's Roethlisberger - Just told them [teammates] I believe in you guys and think we can do this [before the game was over]. There was a lot of throws I'd like to have back. Felt like I let the city of Pittsburgh down.
10:47 p.m. - Pittsburgh's Troy Polamalu - There's a drive there that I gave up a big play. And the following touchdown was my fault too. We didn't force turnovers There were some opportunities to make plays there but we didn't. We felt we had some momentum going there, but it didn't fall on my lap.
10:46 p.m. - Hawk - What's it like when you get home, asks reporter. It's going to be crazy. What better town to bring back the Lombardi trophy than Green Bay.
10:46 p.m. - Hawk - There was no need to panic. Coach said: We're wining this game [at half time].
10:43 p.m. - Green Bay's A.J. Hawk - We have character guys here. We're a family we enjoy hanging around with each other.
10:42 p.m. - Green Bay Coach McCarthy - Feels great. Feels like I'm doing my job.
10:41 p.m. - Tomlin - I think the officials did a good job. Largely.
10:41 p.m. - Tomlin - We had injuries, they had injuries. They executed their [plans] better than ours.
10:39 p.m. - Pittsburgh Coach Tomlin - They made plays. We can sit here and make excuses ... I will not.
10:37 p.m. - Rodgers - Big stops. They're the best fans in the league. The Lombardi trophy's coming back to titletown!
10:36 p.m. - Aaron Rodgers - I've never felt like there's a money on my back. I told [general manager] in 2005 he wouldn't be sorry with this pick. They pressured most of the game. For the most part I got rid of the ball pretty quickly.
10:34 p.m. - McCarthy - It was a good chess match throughout the game. They're a tough physical football team. But we expected to win this game.
10:33 p.m. - McCarthy - We kept fighting and scratching. This is the first game we did not turn the ball over. Jordy did a lot of good things. We're the Super Bowl Champions.
10:32 p.m. - Coach McCarthy - We're going to enjoy this one. Proud to bring this back home. Very proud moment right now. Can't say enough about my foot ball team.
10:30 p.m. - Charles Woodson joyfully raises the trophy in the air with his one good arm. He left the game with a collarbone injury.
10:29 p.m. - Players on the field are carrying the Lombardi trophy. Many children are around.
10:23 p.m. - Pittsburgh Coach Mike Tomlin -Reporter asks: How would you characterize the game? A loss, Tomlin says. We're not interested in a moral victory. We tip our hat to them. We got a lot of errors.
10:18 p.m. - We got it back, says a sign from a fan in the field. The sign has an image of famed Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi.
10:17 p.m. - Rodgers wins Chevrolet car
10:17 p.m. - Aaron Rodgers named MVP - This is a great group of men, he says.
10:16 p.m. - Coach McCarthy takes the trophy.
10:16 p.m. - Ted Thompson - General Manager - They never quit trying, they never quit believing.
10:15 p.m. - Goodell: The largest trophy to the smallest NFL city. Trophy handed to Green Bay's owner
10:15 p.m. - Roger Staubach presents the trophy to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
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